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hoarding like a boss found chopper and raided over 10 separate camps along with every vehicle stolen haha video coming soon before http://img163.images...80112262452.png after http://img819.images...80118384800.png saluting for respect i flew over 12 hours not 1 crash and helped over 13 clanmates with the help of 2-4 good mates.

- Do you need high end loot? - Do you have a vehicle? - Are you willing to trade it? - Is it on a european server? (NO-HACK SERVERS!) Then trade with us! We have multiple NVG's, ghillies, camo clothing, as50's (+ammo), l85 aws's (+ammo), rangefinders, gps's and other rare stuff and even coyote backpacks to put it in. The only thing we need is a decent vehicle, preferably a military offroad. But at least a vehicle with 2 seats. It can be damaged but it must be repairable! We plan to trade very generously. For a decent car you might get up to 4 units of each item. PM me your offerings if you're interested!

If so, what would they want for it in return? Other vehicles?

So me and my friends managed to get hold of some vehicles on a quieter server. We brought them to a hiding place that was suitable enough. The next day we log in and they are gone. This seems quite strange as the hiding place is well out of the way of anything, in a forest and also that a server crash had happened just after we finished up on the server. We finished at about 2 am and when relogging in at midday the server was down. We then managed to log into the server at 4ish and the vehicles were gone. We assumed they had been found and taken elsewhere. Yet later that week, about 4 days after said events they just reappeared in the place we had left them, in the positions we had left them, with the gear we had left them. Yay we thought! We had some fun with them for 2 days, found a new hiding place. I logged in on the third day to find no vehicles, no tents (we had set up 3) and a burnt out motorcycle in the position we had actually left the motorcycle. Again, it can't have been more than 16 hours since we had left them and the tents. 5 hours of this time was pitch black and also the time irl was dead of night. There cannot have been more than 4 people on the server at one time for the time. This second disappearance occurred a week after the first, and what confuses me is that the tents were all gone as well. Just vanished. Basically do we know of any disappearing acts that vehicles pull for 3-4 days at a time. It is entirely possible someone stumbled across our camp with nvgs in the middle of nowhere, but to move all that gear they must have needed about 5 people or worked on it all night. Even then is it possible to remove tents entirely? I've tried and I cant get it to work :P I have my suspicions it is a bug but want to be sure

Does anyone know if you can have more than one "White pickup truck" or "Motorcycle" on the server at a time ? I ask this because i know of a white pickup truck & motorcycle but also want more than one pickup truck be it the military one or the legendary red one but i have never seen more than one at a time. I destroy every tractor, Old hatchback, S1203 Van etc.. in hope of another pickup truck to spawn but the vehicles i destroy seem to re spawn either not destroyed or at a spawn location damaged & empty later on. Is the spawns set to a certain amount of "Said Vehicle" ? like 3 tractors, 2 buses, 4 or 5 atv's, 1 pickup, 1 motorcycle, 1helicopter etc. Is this just coincidence? Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Ok a few days ago before we lost our chopper, and have not seen or heard it since btw. We flew around the entire map, AND we flew outside the map to see if we could locate any vehicles. We sure did, but what we noticed was there were several vehicles missing.... Like the 2nd UAZ, The Hippie Van, and the White Car. After a few days I did some reflecting and, I have not seen those vehicles on our server for almost three weeks. Almost daily I drive around the map checking around for vehicles. Has anyone had any vehicles go missing from a server? Are they deleted if someone put them outside the map? Will the respawn? Is it really a 7 day respawn timer, I read that somewhere. Server restarts every 6 hours.

Do you want the best equipment in dayz? The only thing you have to do is to offer us some vehicles!

I was spending a few hours to come up with a few things that are improving the gameplay. Will add a few nice features and for sure make sense ( we are not talking about unrealistic Changes which will make the initial idea of a realistic survival game ridiculous). 1) Ropes for the Helicopter: We don't need to argue about the realism in this one since it is a basic tactic everyone knows about. So let's focus on the improvement for the game: a ) Rescue Survivors without having to land to give them assistance We have been all in a situation where we are on a roof or somewhere else far off a helicopter suited landing site therefore it would be great to be able to rescue players with the rope out of the situation or make people descend to the person's assistance. b ) Improved Looting The hit and run looting which is probably the safest can be brought to perfection. Send a scout in, then bring in the guys, grab stuff and get out of there. c ) Ensuring a helicopter's safety As the helicopter as to fly in for a moment and is off again it reduces the chance for a loss which is a hard thing to swallow at times ( Again, Helicopters are Gear, so do not get attached to it anyhow). A landed Helicopter is a very easy target... Balance: Ropes are a rare to very rare spawn, have to be attached to a helicopter and cannot be dismounted. Plus maybe a maximum of usage after which the rope is "destroyed" 2) Teamwork for Repairs I know this has been suggested before but I wanted to add some substance to it. First of all it is not realistic that one man can change or repair the Engine of a Bus or any other vehicle in no time without any help. I have come up with two ways to solve this: a) Duration The repair could take five minutes when attempted alone. For each player that joins in the time could be lowered by 30% which is fair enough and would contribute to teamplay and prevent player's from repairing a shot vehicle too fast making it more realistic and fair for the players who do not have a vehicle b ) Teamwork The repair would only be able by two or more players. Attempting it alone will result in a failure and therefore is impossible this is a good way to force the players to team up. The looting of cars will be done but they cannot be used that well against other players unless they team up. 3) Locking vehicles We all know that vehicles can be locked and therefore cannot be taken nor raided by everyone. My suggestion to achieve this is that it requires a crowbar to break into the trunk(storage) of a vehicle. It would make more realistic again plus we would have a reason to pick up the crowbar and yet the player who carries it is vulnerable so teaming up is required as well ( unless you find an abandoned vehicle) 4) Shooting out of Vehicles (Mainly Bus etc) I am sure we all miss that feature since it is the most common thing when fired upon that one would fire back which forces the owner of a vehicle into a though decision. Step out and fight or try to flee. I personally would prefer the ability to shoot while driving ( we all know the chance to hit during a full speed drive is so damn low) but it would force the attackers to keep their distance, Enabling an escape (not to mention PVP Vehicle Fights) That's all I got for now. Leave your comments and be careful in Chernarus

I was playing on there server with a friend and saw number of trucks that wen't driving by, We took shot's at them but missing them as they were too far away. We continue playing on then we find a bus that they must have left behind, We were then driving and someone started shooting at the bus. When we got out there site the server immediately crashed, Then when it was restarting I joined into the lobby and was kicked. I joined in again then was kicked for a second time, Upon trying to joining the third time it said the server was locked. I don't think people should have the privilege of hosting a DayZ if there gonna cheat like this for vehicles, It takes away from the Dayz experience of loosing them and trying to hunt them back down. Proof: http://imgur.com/Da1z7 ( I took the screen shot a bit late but as you can see in the text that it was there server and I was kicked by the Admin twice then it shows the server locked ) Hope the DayZ dev's can do something about this.

My friend just claimed that most vehicles excluding bikes, are spawned only on servers that have the "Armor" option enabled. So far I have only played on servers with mostly veteran settings (Deathmessages and maybe 3rd person view). Now that I think of it, I haven't seen any usable cars on these servers. Is there truth behind this claim? Because when I browse the servers, the ones that have the armor option enabled, usually have nametags and such enabled. That's a definite no for me.

Earlier I found an enemy tube truck that seems to have a hit a tree, I replaced the two missing wheels and had a friend bump me away from the tree. Now the truck just spins in circles, as if on an axis, like it doesn't haven't a wheel where it does. Same goes for a bus I found a few minutes later: I hit a pop-up roadblock, which made my wheel bar turn orange. I backed up far enough to go around it and now it's spinning in circles on an axis. The bus seems to have all of its wheels. What seems to be going on?

I would love to see more vehicles added to DayZ including an icecream truck

Simple suggestion, could vehicles and tents have a slot counter the same way that backpacks do so that you can see how many slots are used/available. I'm sure there are lots of people that would appreciate this :)

Well, so the title explains it, but i can tell you guys more precisely... Well, me and 2 friends have been playing for some days now, and we focus on vehicles.. And obviously everytime we get many vehicles, the server suddenly goes offline... We had 1 bus, 1 Old Hatchback, 1 Offroad-Pickup and 1 ATV, then we decided to go to bed, next morning, the server was offline, and still is. So the next day, we decided to raid another server. After a while we got a UAZ and a motorcycle. Then today 02.08.2012, one of us logged in, checked everything, and all was fine, the car and the motorcycle was there, but then suddenly the server restarted or something, and recently got back online and, guess what? The vehicles are gone... EVEN THOUGH WE SAVE Now we got a chopper and stuff(not telling which server for obvious reasons) and we would get pretty mad if it happened again....

when servers restart or there is a server clean up- does it remove the vehicles from wheer you hid it?? we saved the buses and vehicles and even though the vehicles dissapeared is this result of server updates or server clean ups or both.

You should be able to find locks in industrial locations, but they're a bit rare, not too rare. You should be able to repair your car's locks, allowing you to lock the car on the way out with your Middle Mouse button scroll wheel. In order to get inside it again, you should need the key, or several lockpicks to attempt to break the lock. Eh?

Hi. Am I the only one who thinks that there are not enough vehicles ? Don't get me wrong, they should still be rare but not as rare as at the moment! If I am playing DayZ with my friends and we hear a enginge sound we are freaking absolutely out ! We already hat cars to and it was a lot of fun. I dont' understand why 98% of the vehicles are broken or destroyed. this is just not very realistic. If a apocalypse would start and the people would die there would me a lot more vehicles out there. I mean the cars don't crash theirselves and If I get suprised by zombies in my garden and die, my car is still there. I know chernarus is not a city like New York where you can find cars on every street. But this Island has 3 airstripes........c'mon :D where are the cars ?? The second problem is that 90% of the people who get a car, drive it to the North and hide it in the bushes where they can find it again. So it will take reeeaaally long until this car will be destroyed or stolen and spawns again. So if 3 more groups do the same on the server.........yaaaay almost all vehicles are in the woods and may never be seen again until the next server reset. Don't get me wrong, this is not a wine thread. I love the game and I will still play it, even with that less vehicles :P I was just wondering if you think the same. Anullu

So basically, my friend and I are heading towards a place where my car is located [it has plenty of weapons; 3 DMRs lol don't ask why] and we get there but my car is no where to be found...we're basically stranded. We find a tractor nearby but it is completely fucked. I ask my other friend to pick us up in the offroad truck, but somehow it's not there. Brilliant. The only other vehicles we have are two tractors and a VW [we used to have a URAL but it was blown up in a raid]. My other friend checks the tractors for stuff and, magically, the VW disappears before his eyes. Ultimately, we are stuck. 5k's off any town...8k's off base camp. We have no other vehicles that can fit more than two people. Such buggy vehicles and servers. OH I forgot to mention: My backpack, upon logging back in after dinner, ate up my M107. Brilliant, isn't it? Anyway, I guess we'd better start running.

You need to put water in the radiator. The car may show the water level as full in a normal world, but this is dayz world and as such most vehicles have this dial backwards. If the needle is pointing right the radiator is empty, pointing left and it is full. You need to be at least half full of water to not damage the engine. The gasoline dial works correctly (right full, left empty).

I was thinking earlier that it would be cool to be able to use the hatchet to cut down branches that could be used to hide/camouflage smaller vehicles and make them less visible to passers by when they are not in use. It wouldn't make them impossible to steal, but it would make hiding them easier and a more viable option.

are they server specific or do they follow you if you change servers?

It would be interesting if you could find some scrap metal, and maybe a MIG welder, or even plasma/arc if generators are possible, and craft some bicycles, or other rare vehicles/equipment. It would be cool to have a set of individual tools for metal working, like tin snips, hammers, forges, etc, and to make items with them. Now with a vehicle, I think it would need a lot of scrap metal, that way, it still retains balance. It would also be interesting if weapons had durability, and you can increase/retain it by cleaning the weapon from time to time, or if parts are missing/broke, you can replace them; decreasing would be like, crawling around, getting dirt in it, dropping it, firing it, etc.

In this episode I start just west of elektro where I find a bike and have a Big problem off the bat .After that I ride my bike looking for cars I find many along the way some work but most dont. I went from elektro to west of Zelenogorsk,Sosnovka ,Myshkino,Bor, Lapatino, Skalka,North of Skala off the mapI rode in the mountains all the way to Krasnostav airfield now I'm at Black lake. It was a nice bike ride LOL.

Since zombies and loot do not spawn when you approach a town in a vehicle. Do vehicles spawn? I'd like to know if i should use my time finding a vehicles on foot or if its ok to drive around if I find a vehicle to find more vehicles?

The other day, I was noobing my way around on the coast and happened upon a bicycle. Being the first vehicle I'd ever seen, I naturally leapt onto it and proceeded to make my way up and down the road, Queen playing in the background, having a grand old time as the zombies chased me around. ...Do bikes require repairs, or is there a button I was missing? I was barely able to get it up to running speed on pavement and it took forever to accelerate. Is that just how they work, or was I missing something?